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HARTFORD — Gail Goestenkors, the former coach at Duke and Texas, has an advantage many WNBA assistant coaches do not in the months preceding April's draft. Now an assistant with the Indiana Fever, she has the chance to study and talk about players as a game analyst for ESPN2. Goestenkors worked UConn's game at Cincinnati with Pam Ward last Sunday and will be at Temple with Ward this Sunday to see the Huskies again. And as always, UConn players will be front and center when it comes to the draft. This year, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Kiah Stokes have their turn. And when the Fever choose sixth in the first round, they might have the chance to take one of them. Goestenkors...

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HARTFORD — Gail Goestenkors, the former coach at Duke and Texas, has an advantage many WNBA assistant coaches do not in the months preceding April's draft.Now an assistant with the Indiana Fever, she has the chance to study and talk about players as a...

CINCINNATI — Geno Auriemma has found solutions for just about all the problems he has encountered running his program. Still, there always has been one that has troubled him more than most, because he knows it unfairly punishes players for their...

The 12-day break that bridged UConn’s victories over Notre Dame on Dec. 6 and DePaul on Friday was not spent nonchalantly. It was exam time and by last Saturday each of its players had finished their academic requirements. This is always...

The 12-day break that bridged UConn's victories over Notre Dame on Dec. 6 and DePaul on Friday was not spent nonchalantly. It was exam time, and by Dec. 13, each UConn player had finished her academic requirements.
This is always a nervous time around...

HARTFORD — All that talk about Duke's height and Duke came up small again.All the talk about the best rebounding team in the country and Duke got outrebounded.All the talk about Duke's size and the smallest player on the floor stole the show."Free...

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis is on the verge of setting the UConn career record for three-pointers. If she hits three on Sunday vs. St. John's, she'll tie Diana Taurasi for most in program history. Her percentages are among UConn's best as...

Every game is a learning experience, for those who play and those who watch. In the aftermath of UConn's 85-24 win over the College of Charleston on Friday in the first round of the Gulf Coast Showcase, here's what we learned:
1. The Huskies are...

ESTERO, Fla. — It's always entertaining to watch UConn play at a new venue. The team's arrival generally generates a spark that's now a fond memory in the long marriage that it has enjoyed with the fan base back home.
The greeting extended in southwest...

UNCASVILLE — The long and always interesting rivalry between UConn and Rutgers in the Big East and American Athletic Conference will live on after this season as nonconference opponents.Senior women's athletic administrators from both programs said Sunday...

UNCASVILLE — Chiney Ogwumike, the first overall pick in the 2014 draft by the Connecticut Sun, was named the WNBA's rookie of the year Thursday at a press conference at the Mohegan Sun Arena.Ogwumike received 23 votes from a national panel of 38 sports...

UNCASVILLE — One of the great ironies for the Connecticut Sun this season, which concludes Friday (Washington) and Sunday (Atlanta) at the Mohegan Sun Arena, is the team will finish out the playoffs again despite having the WNBA's likely rookie of...

Brianna Banks
Pos. G Ht: 5-9, Newnan, Ga. (Fayette County)
Number: 13
Has a chance to be like: Kalana Greene
The Skinny: Sleekly built and quick on her feet, Banks has the look of a player who can create things offensively and be a formative...

The UConn Huskies do not rebuild. They repeat.
A season marked by sweeping change, a record winning streak and a sublime six-game performance by the sport's premier performer ended in ultimate glory Tuesday night.
UConn is national champion again. The...

Maya Moore leads or is in the top five of many significant UConn program records even before she plays the first game of her senior season. Among them:
Points (career)
Tina Charles: 2,346
Nykesha Sales: 2,178
Kerry Bascom: 2,177
Moore: 2,168
Diana...

No. 9 UConn was determined to send a message Sunday night to No. 6 Notre Dame and the rest of the Big East.
The Huskies did send a message, but not the one they anticipated. After a monthlong stretch of strong play against quality opponents, the...

Originally published April 7, 2004
NEW ORLEANS -- It was three weeks ago, on Selection Sunday, when UConn coach Geno Auriemma reflected on an arduous regular season.
The Huskies had lost four games -- a rarity in the past few seasons -- and players and...